Don Lemon once again went on a tirade Thursday evening, reinforcing his comments from Wednesday blaming President Donald Trump for the death of George Floyd.
During an appearance on "The Situation Room," the CNN host began by sharing his angst over the U.S. attorney assigned to the case saying the White House and the Justice Department were monitoring the case, declaring "no one wants to hear that!"
Now, for (U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald), I watched. I know she has a tough job, but guess what – I’m just – as long as we are being honest with – right now, nobody wants to hear from the White House or the attorney general right now. No one wants to hear from the man who wanted the death penalty to come back from the Central Park Five. No one wants to hear from the man who says that the former president was not born in this country. No one wants to hear from the man who says there are very fine people on both sides.
Do you understand what I am saying? No one wants to hear from the person that they perceive as contributing to this situation – situations like this in this society. Not directly, but allowing people like that to think they can get away from this.
Later on, Lemon continued to gripe about the fact that the U.S. attorney, not Trump, had made the statement (even though the president had commented on the case to the media earlier in the day):
You should leave it - The White House should be sending out a press release saying that, not just a tweet. If he wants to conduct business by tweet, then let the President tweet that out.
But why does she need to say that? Is she his proxy? Does she speak for him? No. The President should send out a press release and say: “I am monitoring what’s happening here. I am dealing with it. This is a top priority.” He doesn't need the U.S. attorney to do that.
He then wrapped up by blaming the president for the "environment" that he says contributed to Floyd's death.
"Again, I said what I said about this President and the environment that he has contributed to in this country," Lemon said. "And that is the God's honest truth."
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